EV>The High School I went to had a Ham Shack that used a National NC-183d   
   EV>Receiver.   
   EV>After I got interested in Amateur Radio I got a Hallicrafter S-38E.   
      
   EV>There isn't Any Comparison between what I had at home and the Schools   
   EV>National Receiver, all I could do was drool wishing I could afford   
   EV>something better than what I had.   
      
   EV>Years later I got a used Hallicrafter SX-42 for my shack.   
   EV>73 and wish You well with what You choose.   
      
   Boy is that a Flash Back to the Past.   
   I also was introduced to Ham Radio by my High School. In my Junior Year,   
   1948, I decided to take one of the "Trade" courses offered. It was   
   Called Day Trade Radio and it taught the theory of "Radio   
   Electricity"(The Old Name for Electronics for the young kids out there)   
   The Instructor had a ham licence ann as an Optional side course he   
   taught the Ham Radio Licence Test material and Morse Code. I absorbed   
   the Theory like a sponge but totally failed to Catch the rythum of CW.   
   All was not lost though as in the summer between the my Junior and   
   Senior years I got a job in a Radio Repair Shop. And in my Sneior year   
   because i had a job I could take a special course that gave me credit   
   for working afternoons at a paying job. It was not a free ride though   
   as there were tests and reports to turn in.   
      
   My First Shortwave reciever was also a Hallifcrafter S-38.   
   In 1951 the local Draft board ended my civilian career   
      
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